Seeing Double

Last night we read one of my favorite books from when I was a kid.  We read, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni.  This was a book that we found at the Friends of the Library Book Sale from this weekend.  In this book with pictures made from different textures of paper, Alexander runs into a wind-up mouse.  Alexander wants to be just like Willy the Wind-Up Mouse because Willy is loved by a young girl.  On the other hand, Alexander gets screamed at and chased by brooms.  Alexander tries his hardest to be just like Willy until he discovers that Willy was thrown out with the old toys.  He changes his mind and decides he wants Willy to be a real mouse so that he could have a friend.  This is a very sweet book and my son seemed to really enjoy it.  This is a little more wordy than he is used to, but he loved looking at the pictures in this book while he listened to me read.  This book is in the categories of: Animal Books, Friendship, and Identity/Self-Appreciation.